United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from diminishing existing allocations of spectrum (available radio frequencies) to the amateur radio service after January 1, 1991. Requires the FCC to provide replacement spectrum to the service for any frequency reallocation after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to make a prohibition on the receipt of honoraria by Federal officers or employees (excluding individuals who are Members of the House of Representatives) inapplicable if the honorarium is unrelated to the official duties of an individual's position or is not paid because the individual holds such position.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to eligible groups of individuals who may be affected by the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste at a solid waste facility seeking a permit under such Act. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Permits such grants to be used for technical assistance to: (1) interpret information with regard to the nature of the hazardous waste to be managed at the facility; (2) interpret information concerning the potential threats to human health, the environment, and the economy posed by the facility; (3) interpret information regarding the suitability of the proposed site and the record of the permit applicant; and (4) prepare views for presentation at a public hearing on the issuance of the permit. Limits the amount of such grants. Requires grant recipients to contribute a specified percentage of the costs of the assistance. Waives the contribution requirement under certain circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in determining whether to issue a permit for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste, to investigate the applicant's record in owning or operating other hazardous waste facilities, including whether there have been past or pending proceedings against the applicant for violations of Federal or State laws in the operation of such facilities. Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to set forth the same investigation requirement with respect to the issuance of permits for the construction of polychlorinated biphenyl incineration facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1991 - Increases the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for veterans' dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children; and (5) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for disabled adult children. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjust administratively the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Guam Commonwealth Act - Title I: Political Relationship - Creates the Commonwealth of Guam. Grants the people of Guam the right of full self-government through adoption of a Constitution, consistent with U.S. sovereignty over Guam and the supremacy of U.S. law applicable to Guam, and within specified guidelines. Recognizes the right of self-determination of the people of Guam. Directs the U.S. Government, through additional federally-funded programs, to promote preservation of the Chamorro culture, enhanced economic, social, and educational opportunities for Chamorros, and training of Chamorros for employment. Provides that nothing in this Act or the Constitution of Guam shall impair the U.S. citizenship of the residents of Guam or their descendants or their rights and privileges as U.S. citizens under the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Directs Guam to establish a land trust for the benefit of the indigenous Chamorro people and to establish residency requirements under the Constitution of Guam for voting and holding elective office. Allows this Act to be modified only with the mutual consent of the Governments of the United States and Guam. Title II: Applicability of Federal Law - Makes specified provisions of, and amendments to, the U.S. Constitution applicable to Guam, in addition to those portions which currently apply. Makes Federal laws, rules, or regulations passed after the date of this Act inapplicable unless mutually consented to by the Governments of the United States and Guam. Creates the Joint Commission on the Applicability of Federal Law. Specifies its duties, including: (1) participating in consultations between the Governments of the United States and Guam; (2) studying existing statutes and regulations affecting the U.S.-Guam relationship; (3) reviewing policies and procedures of Federal agencies relating to such relationship; (4) compiling data; (5) drafting modifications in existing laws, regulations, policies, and procedures and obtaining such modifications by negotiation and mediation concerning issues such as land claims and war claims; and (6) seeking to obtain maximum economic development and political autonomy for Guam, consistent with U.S. security interests. Provides that the United States will bear the cost of the work of the Commission. Authorizes the President or his designee to delegate to the Governor of Guam total or partial performance of functions now vested in Federal administrative agencies. Title III: Foreign Affairs and Defense - Grants the United States responsibility for authority with respect to matters relating to foreign affairs and defense that affect Guam. Provides for U.S. consultation with Guam in advance of negotiations toward any treaties or international or executive agreements affecting Guam, and with respect to proposals to increase or decrease Department of Defense activities within Guam. Prohibits the establishment of military security zones or the stationing of foreign military personnel on the Island of Guam without the approval of the Government of Guam except in time of declared war, or the establishment of military bases without consultation with the Governor. Provides for U.S. assistance to Guam in the establishment of offices in the United States and abroad, in becoming a member or participant in appropriate regional and international organizations, and in obtaining from other countries favorable treatment for exports. Prohibits the United States from using the Island of Guam or the water surrounding it for the dumping or storage of nuclear waste or hazardous chemicals. Provides for the clean up by the United States of chemical dump sites used by the military in the past. Requires the United States to compensate any person injured as a result of hazardous materials stored, used, or disposed of by the U.S. Government in Guam or its waters. Title IV: Courts - Specifies provisions governing the relations between U.S. courts and the local courts of Guam, the jurisdiction of the District Court of Guam, and the applicable district court rules. Provides for the appointment of a judge for the District Court of Guam, a U.S. attorney, and a U.S. marshal for Guam. Title V: Trade - Establishes a Guam-United States free trade area, under which neither party may impose duties, quotas, or other restrictions on each other's products, nor shall the United States treat products of Guam as having originated in any other country. Defines "products of Guam" to mean articles that contain at least 30 percent value added in Guam, and specifies costs included in value added. Authorizes Guam to impose, increase, reduce, or eliminate duties and other restrictions on: (1) products that originate outside the customs territory of the United States and that are imported into Guam; and (2) exports from Guam, whether or not products of Guam. Requires the Governor of Guam to certify that the origin of "products of Guam" is, in fact, Guam, and provides for customs inspections of products brought into the United States. Title VI: Taxation - Makes U.S. income tax laws applicable to Guam. Deems such laws to impose a separate tax, payable to the Government of Guam, to be known as the Guam Commonwealth income tax. Grants the Governor the same administrative and enforcement powers and remedies with regard to such tax (pursuant to the laws of Guam) as the Secretary of the Treasury and other executive branch officials have with respect to the U.S. income tax. Sets forth similar enforcement authority with respect to criminal violations, tax liens, and suits to recover erroneously or illegally assessed taxes. Grants the District Court of Guam exclusive jurisdiction over all judicial proceedings in Guam, both criminal and civil, with respect to such tax. Allows the Government of Guam to provide for the rebate or reduction of taxes in order to assist new industries or economic development. Grants Guam the power to determine the nature and amount of taxes imposed upon the income and property of persons within its jurisdiction. Repeals applicable U.S. tax laws one year after Guam has enacted a replacement comprehensive local income tax. Exempts all bonds or other obligations issued by Guam from taxation by Federal, State, or local governments of the United States. Title VII: Immigration - Applies the Immigration and Nationality Act and pertinent Federal regulations to Guam for two years from enactment of this Act. Directs Guam to enact a comprehensive law on immigration to become effective at the end of the two-year period. Provides that such law shall not impair the free movement of U.S. citizens to and from Guam, include the authority to naturalize aliens for U.S. citizenship, or alter the Governor's authority to issue U.S. passports. Authorizes U.S. consular officials to issue visas for travel only to Guam for any alien seeking to enter Guam as a non-immigrant in order to encourage investors and tourists to come to Guam. Title VIII: Labor - Grants preference to qualified residents of Guam in all Federal civil service vacancies occurring in Guam. Grants Guam the authority to enact and enforce all laws regulating or affecting employment in Guam. Provides that all pertinent U.S. laws regulating employment on Guam on the effective date of this Act shall remain applicable until replaced by duly enacted law of the Guam Legislature. Title IX: Transportation and Telecommunications - Precludes application of any U.S. law barring the U.S. registration and use of any foreign-built vessel within the waters around Guam for any purpose. Exempts from the coastwise laws of the United States any shipment of fish or fish products from Guam to any U.S. coastwise destination. Directs the Commission periodically to examine the applicability of such laws and to recommend termination of their applicability upon determining that such laws constrain Guam's economic development. Authorizes the Governor of Guam to sponsor any qualified air service carrier to come to Guam, subject to presidential consultation concerning U.S. foreign policy and security interests. Exempts Guam from all bilateral treaties between the United States and foreign states with respect to scheduling and technical specifications of aircraft, other than safety requirements. Provides that Guam shall remain an "eligible point" for purposes of being ensured essential air transportation to and from the United States. Defines Guam as "domestic" for Federal Communications Commission rate setting purposes. Title X: Land, Natural Resources and Utilities - Grants the Government of Guam the power of eminent domain. Grants Guam jurisdiction over all natural resources of the seabed, subsoil, tidelands, and adjacent territorial waters of the Island of Guam. Sets limits on U.S. acquisition of real property on Guam. Exempts Guam from Federal regulations governing the transfer or sale of excess Federal real property. Provides for the transfer of all excess Federal property to Guam, with specified exceptions. Provides for access and use by the residents of Guam of certain retained Federal property, subject to military security requirements. Authorizes the granting of easements on such property to the Government of Guam in specified circumstances. Directs the United States to transfer ownership of island utilities to Guam. Title XI: United States Financial Assistance - Provides for the return of U.S. revenues from taxes and fees collected in Guam or from its residents or products to the Government of Guam. Makes U.S. laws providing Federal benefits and financial assistance which are applicable to the States likewise applicable to Guam on an equal basis. Directs the Governor of Guam, in preparing an annual budget, to identify the costs and benefits to Guam brought about by its role as one of the principal U.S. military bases. Requires the Governor to submit such information to the Guam Legislature and the Office of Management and Budget for use in reviewing the Governor's request for appropriations for the annual Federal payment to Guam, which request the Governor shall submit to the President for transmission to the Congress each year. Provides for assistance to aid Guam's transition to a Commonwealth, including: (1) U.S. financing of the costs of institutional changes connected with the change in Guam's political relationship with the United States; (2) help in meeting the capital needs of Guam necessary for long-term, self-sustaining development; and (3) establishing an economic development fund to assist expansion of the private sector. Title XII: Technical Amendments and Interpretation - Makes technical and conforming amendments. Calls for this Act to be interpreted liberally to accomplish its purpose of providing for complete, internal self-government for Guam. Requires this Act to be submitted to the registered voters of Guam for ratification after being passed by the Congress. Repeals the Organic Act of Guam.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Federal Employees' Political Activities Act of 1991 - Prohibits an employee from using or attempting to use official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the result of any election. Prohibits an employee from using or attempting to use official authority to intimidate, threaten, coerce, command, or influence: (1) any individual for the purpose of interfering with the right of any individual to vote as the individual may choose, or of causing any individual to vote, or not to vote, for any candidate or measure in any election; (2) any person to give or withhold any political contribution; or (3) any person to engage, or not to engage, in any form of political activity. Prohibits an employee from using, attempting to use, or permitting the use of any official information, unless such information is available to the general public. Prohibits an employee from: (1) giving or offering to give a political contribution to any individual either to vote or to refrain from voting, or to vote for or against any candidate or measure, in any election; (2) soliciting, accepting, or receiving a political contribution to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote for or against any candidate or measure, in any election; or (3) giving or handing over a political contribution to a superior of the employee. Prohibits an employee from soliciting, accepting, or receiving, or from being in any manner concerned with soliciting, accepting, or receiving, a political contribution: (1) from another employee (or a member of another employee's immediate family) with respect to whom the employee is a superior; or (2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by a Federal employee or official or an individual receiving salary or compensation from the Treasury. Prohibits an employee from soliciting, accepting, or receiving a political contribution from, or giving a political contribution to, any person who: (1) has, or is seeking to obtain, contractual or other business or financial relations with the employing agency; (2) conducts operations or activities which are regulated by that agency; or (3) has interests which may be substantially affected by the performance of the employee's official duties. Directs the Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board to prescribe regulations which exempt employees from such prohibitions. Prohibits an employee from engaging in political activity: (1) while on duty; (2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by a Federal employee or official; (3) while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying the office or position of the employee; or (4) while using any vehicle owned or leased by the Government. Exempts certain high level political appointees from such prohibitions if the costs associated with the political activity are not paid for by money derived from the Treasury. Authorizes leave without pay or accrued annual leave to an employee who is a candidate, upon request, to allow such employee to engage in activities relating to that candidacy. Declares that such request may be denied if the exigencies of the public business so require. Declares that such employee may be required to take leave without pay or accrued annual leave in order to be a candidate if activities relating to the candidacy interfere with the employee's performance of duties. Applies this Act to postal employees and employees of the Postal Rate Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that the amount of monthly benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent be reduced by the amount such individual receives in monthly payments from a Federal or State pension plan.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that payment under a life insurance contract to an insured who is terminally ill be treated as a death benefit, making such payment eligible for exclusion from gross income. Provides that any reference to life insurance shall be treated as referring to a qualified terminal illness rider. Provides for the tax treatment of such riders. Describes such a rider as one which provides for payments to an insured upon the insured's becoming terminally ill.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 100 percent tax on income from frozen Iraqi assets. Authorizes the President to modify such tax if the armed forces of Iraq withdraw from Kuwait within the time and in the manner determined by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Includes in the definition of a veteran (therefore eligible for all veterans' benefits) all persons considered to be Commonwealth Army veterans by reason of service with the armed forces during World War II in the Philippines.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Hunger to conduct a continuing comprehensive study of the problems of hunger and malnutrition.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in furtherance of the shared responsibility of the executive and legislative branches to oversee and develop energy efficiency and conservation policies, the Congress: (1) urges the President to convene a national energy summit including experts on the environment and energy from both governmental and private sectors; and (2) believes the National Energy Strategy being developed by the Department of Energy should be an important part of the discussion at the energy summit.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Urges the President to request the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to pay: (1) the full cost of Operation Desert Shield; (2) an amount sufficient to establish a U.S. Government-administered fund from which each reserve member will receive the difference between their civilian pay before they were called to active duty and their military pay while they are on active duty for such Operation; (3) an amount sufficient to reimburse the United States for the cost of loans to Egypt the United States has forgiven due to Egypt's participation in such Operation; and (4) an amount to be agreed upon to offset the adverse impact on the U.S economy resulting from the higher oil prices caused by the Persian Gulf crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the people of the province of Punjab, India, should have the right to self determination and should be afforded the opportunity to decide their future through a plebiscite sponsored by the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
Establishes a Federal interagency Task Force on the Education of Federally-Connected Dependents to review education programs in certain school districts receiving Impact Aid. Requires such review to include specified considerations about the funding, operation, and priorities of the Impact Aid program, with special determinations concerning military dependents and children residing on Indian lands.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in furtherance of the shared responsibility of the executive and legislative branches to oversee and develop energy efficiency and conservation policies, the Congress: (1) urges the President to convene a national energy summit including experts on the environment and energy from both governmental and private sectors; and (2) believes the National Energy Strategy being developed by the Department of Energy should be an important part of the discussion at the energy summit.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1990
Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend for two years provisions for the transfer of tier 2 railroad retirement benefit taxation revenues from the general fund of the Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Account.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990
Small Business Access to Surplus Federal Property Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) (the Administrator) to transfer surplus Federal property to a State agency for distribution to small business concerns within such State. Amends the Small Business Act to make it the duty of the SBA to provide each State agency designated to receive transfers of surplus Federal property a comprehensive list of small business concerns in the State, along with annual updates which include guidelines for identifying such businesses. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the President and the Congress on the transfer of surplus Federal property to small business concerns.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1990
Small Business Actuarial Guidelines Reliance Act - Provides that actuarial assumptions used in determining funding limits for pension plans shall be treated as reasonable if they are within the guidelines set forth in the Actuarial Guidelines Handbook (an Internal Revenue Service manual).
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Federal Management Reform Act of 1990 - Establishes within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the Chief Financial Officer of the United States. Sets forth financial management and general management functions of the Chief Financial Officer. Directs the Chief Financial Officer to prepare for each five-year period a Government-wide financial management plan for submission to the President and the Congress which describes financial management activities to be conducted by the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Financial Officers of departments and independent establishments, and Federal agencies to improve the financial management of the Government. Sets forth requirements for such plans. Establishes in OMB the Office of Federal Financial Management to be headed by an Administrator who shall be the deputy to and principal advisor of the Chief Financial Officer. Establishes in each Federal department and independent establishment an Office of the Chief Financial Officer to be headed by the Chief Financial Officer of the department or independent establishment. Sets forth the functions of such Chief Financial Officers which include cooperating with the Chief Financial Officer of the United States in preparing the five-year financial management plans authorized by this Act. Specifies the Federal agencies that constitute an "independent establishment" for purposes of this Act. Requires the heads of each department and independent establishment to annually prepare and submit audited financial statements to the Chief Financial Officer of the United States. Requires the Inspector General of each department and independent establishment to submit an annual report on the audit of the financial statements to the head. Permits the Comptroller General to review any audit of a financial statement conducted under this Act by an Inspector General or external auditor. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress, the Chief Financial Officer of the United States, and the head of each department or independent establishment which prepared the statement regarding the results of the review along with appropriate recommendations. Directs the President to order the transfer to the Office of Federal Financial Management of Federal executive agency powers which the President determines are properly related to the functions of that Office along with personnel, property, and records as appropriate. Requires the head of each department and independent establishment to submit to the OMB Director for approval a proposal for reorganizing the department or establishment. Requires such heads to implement the proposals upon approval.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Savings and Loan Fair Financing and Antifraud Enforcement Act of 1990 - Title I: Fair Financing - Subtitle A: Direct Funding of Thrift Resolutions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a surtax on: (1) taxpayers (other than corporations) with adjusted gross incomes of over $100,000; and (2) corporations whose adjusted tax exceeds $13,750. Prescribes formulas for calculation of the surtax. Declares the surtax period to begin on January 1, 1990, and end on December 31, 1995, unless the President determines that an extension is necessary to provide sufficient financing for the Resolution Trust Corporation to continue funding savings and loan resolution costs. Provides, with respect to the gain or loss on disposition of property, for determining the carryover basis for property acquired from a decedent dying during the surtax period. Permits the limited recognition of gain when the executor of an estate uses certain appreciated carryover basis property to satisfy the right of a person to receive a pecuniary bequest. Requires estate executors to: (1) file information returns in connection with carryover basis property; and (2) provide written notice to recipients of such property. Prescribes penalties for failure to report. Establishes the Savings and Loan Resolution Trust Fund and appropriates to such Fund the surtaxes received by the Treasury by reason of this title. Makes amounts in such Fund available to the Resolution Trust Corporation for thrift resolution financing. Subtitle B: Working Capital and Funding Mechanisms - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to limit specified financial activities of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) to the authorities granted by the Federal Deposit Insurance and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. Empowers the RTC to borrow working capital from the Secretary of the Treasury according to prescribed guidelines. Establishes in the RTC the Thrift Resolution Account. Mandates that each Federal home loan bank make prescribed payments to provide funding for the RTC. Directs the RTC to assess against each Savings Association Insurance Fund member assessments in the same manner as those assessed against such members by the FDIC. Prescribes guidelines for payments (out of such assessments) by the RTC for interest and principal due on obligations incurred by the Financing Corporation and the Resolution Funding Corporation before enactment of this Act. Declares the RTC the successor to all liabilities of the Financing Corporation and the Resolution Funding Corporation. Transfers all remaining functions of such agencies to the RTC. Abolishes the Financing Corporation and the Resolution Funding Corporation. Title II: Full Enforcement - Amends Federal criminal law to authorize injunctive relief for prejudgment attachment of assets in civil Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) cases with respect to specified banking crimes. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to authorize injunctive relief in any action brought by the FDIC, the RTC, or the National Credit Union Administration in their receivership, conservatorship, or corporate capacities with respect to fraudulent activities involving a financial institution. Authorizes civil actions by private persons with respect to fraudulent activities involving a financial institution. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to authorize the Commissioner of Customs to make a grant to assist an institution of higher education in establishing in Texas a North-South Center for the Study of Western Hemisphere Trade, which shall promote cultural exchange and trade between Western Hemisphere countries. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 to revise the procedures for verification of information produced by computer matching programs to: (1) remove verification of such information under Federal benefit programs as the alternative to the verification of such information in accordance with the requirements imposed by that Act; (2) change such requirements to investigation and confirmation of specific information relating to an individual that is used as a basis for an adverse action against the individual; (3) prevent imposition of the prohibitions with respect to payments under such benefit programs or other adverse actions until either the agency has independently verified the information or the appropriate Data Integrity Board determines in accordance with guidance required by this Act to be issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that the information is limited to identification and amount of benefits paid by the source agency under such a program and there is a high degree of confidence that the information provided to the recipient agency is accurate; (4) prevent such an imposition until the expiration of any time period established for the program by statute or regulation for contesting the agency's determination or, in the case of a program for which no such period is established, within 30 days of the mailing or receipt of a notice informing the individual of the opportunity to contest agency findings with respect to such information; and (5) remove provisions granting individuals such an opportunity to contest under the requirements governing a Federal benefit program. Provides that the verification requirement that the Data Integrity Board must determine that there is a high degree of confidence that the information provided to the recipient agency is accurate shall not apply to aid to families with dependent children, Medicaid, and food stamp programs until the earlier of: (1) the date on which the appropriate Board which administers that program determines that there is not a high degree of confidence that information provided by that agency is accurate; or (2) 30 days after the guidance issued by the OMB Director is published.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Reciprocity in International Government Procurement Enforcement Act of 1990 - Amends the Buy American Act to require the approval of the United States Trade Representative in order for the head of a Federal agency to waive Buy American requirements with respect to the Government procurement of goods and services. Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to reduce the President's criteria for identifying countries that discriminate against U.S. products or services in making Government procurements. Requires the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report on foreign procurement by the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Illinois Wilderness Act of 1990 - Designates the following lands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Bald Knob Wilderness; (2) Bay Creek Wilderness; (3) Burden Falls Wilderness; (4) Clear Springs Wilderness; (5) Garden of the Gods Wilderness; (6) Lusk Creek Wilderness; and (7) Panther Den Wilderness. Designates the East Fork Area and the Eagle Creek Area of the Shawnee National Forest as special management, mining, and prospecting areas. Sets a time limit for such prospecting and mining. Provides that these areas shall be designated as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System 20 years after enactment of this Act (or eight years after enactment if no prospecting for fluorspar and associated minerals has been done).
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to include farm property sold during the same taxable year as a principal residence in the one-time exclusion of gain from sale of a principal residence by an individual who has attained age 55. Sets forth a formula limiting the extent of such exclusion.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Small Business Employee Training and Education Investment Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit to a small business for a percentage of the qualified training and education expenses paid or incurred for employees. Specifies rules for determining such credit. Allows employees of small businesses a nonrefundable credit of 30 percent of the educational expenses paid by the employee.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
United States-Mexico Border Health and Environment Act - Directs the Secretary of State to establish within the Department of State an organizational unit to address health and environmental problems along the U.S.-Mexican border. Requires the President to appoint a Coordinator of Border Health and the Environment to operate such unit. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Border Health and the Environment. Requests the President to direct the Secretary to enter into negotiations with the Government of Mexico to encourage the appointment of a Coordinator of Border Health and the Environment in Mexico for purposes of developing joint solutions and prevention programs regarding health and environmental problems in the area adjacent to the U.S.-Mexican boundary. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Nonconventional Fuels Credit Extension and Modification Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source to wells or facilities in service before January 1, 1993 (currently, January 1, 1991) and sold before January 1, 2001. Redefines gas produced from a tight formation to include only gas: (1) which is committed or dedicated on April 20, 1977, to interstate commerce; or (2) which is produced from a well drilled after the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Lead Battery Recycling Incentives Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for persons who generate, transport, store, recycle, or dispose of spent lead-acid batteries. Requires the Administrator, in developing such regulations, to conduct an analysis of the economic impact of the regulations on the recycling industry. Sets forth required elements of such regulations, including specific requirements for: (1) the storage and transfer of batteries by generators; (2) recordkeeping by battery generators, transporters, and recyclers; and (3) management practices of recyclers. Directs battery retailers to accept from customers used lead-acid batteries of the same type and quantity of the batteries sold. Requires transporters to acquire an identification number from the EPA or the State enforcing this Act. Directs the Administrator to implement education activities to inform the public about the environmental and safety hazards associated with improper handling and disposal of spent lead-acid batteries. Authorizes appropriations. Applies such requirements to batteries which are transported to or managed by a lead-acid battery recycling facility, a secondary lead smelter, or any facility that prepares batteries for recycling by means of exposing lead to the atmosphere. Requires producers or importers of lead-acid batteries to recycle, for the ten-year period beginning 24 months after this Act's enactment, an amount of spent lead equal to at least the amount determined by multiplying the amount of lead in the batteries produced or imported by such persons by the recycling percentage established by the Administrator. Authorizes compliance with such requirement by: (1) reclaiming lead from such batteries and using it in the production of new batteries; (2) purchasing reclaimed lead from secondary lead smelters for purposes of producing new batteries or shielding; or (3) purchasing recycling credits. Directs producers or importers to report annually to the Administrator on the amount of virgin and secondary lead used in new lead-acid batteries produced or imported by such persons. Requires the Administrator to establish a recycling percentage that is two points higher than the existing recycling rate for spent lead in used lead-acid batteries. Increases such percentage by two points annually. Authorizes the Administrator to reduce or waive the two percent increase if the rate exceeds 95 percent. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations to allow: (1) producers or importers of lead-acid batteries to create credits for recycling an amount of batteries greater than required; and (2) producers or importers of new batteries to purchase such credits for purposes of complying with this Act. Sets forth minimum requirements for the credit system. Applies battery recycling requirements to persons who produce or import more than 10,000 pounds of new lead-acid batteries annually. Sets the recycling percentage at 90 percent if the Administrator fails to promulgate recycling regulations.
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